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Approves a five-year no-cost partnership with UC Merced for teacher and counselor interns

This memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UC Merced sets up intern and fieldwork programs for teaching credentials, including special education, and for student support credentials such as counseling and mental health. It runs from December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2030 at no cost to the district. Some non-teaching interns may get stipends paid from nonprofit grants to the district.

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Action
MOU or data sharing
Category
Staff & hiring
Term
Dec 1, 2025 – Nov 30, 2030
Presented by
Deputy Chief, Talent
File
25-2815 · agenda O.-19
Outcome
Adopted on the General Consent Report, Dec 10, 2025

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding and Interagency Agreement (MOU or Agreement) for an Intern Partnership Program and Practica Program-applying to credentials in TK-12 Teaching, including Multiple Subjects, Single Subjects, Designated Subjects, and Special Education Categories, including Added or Supplementary Authorizations and Early Completion Option; and including Pupil Personnel Services in Communicative Sciences & Disorders, Mental Health & Wellness, Counseling & Guidance, Educational Therapy, Administration, and other Pupil Personnel Services credentials and certifications, as may be specified; and including Fieldwork Experience for Master of Arts or Science and other Graduate-Level Degrees or Certifications with Emphasis in Pupil Personnel Services; and including Fieldwork Experience for Pre-Credential Candidate Undergraduate Students-is entered into by and between Oakland Unified School District (District or OUSD), a public school district in the State of California, County of Alameda, and Regents of the University of California, on behalf of University of California, Merced (University or UCM), a public university under the auspices of the State of California-for the term December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2030 at no cost to the District other than for certain Non-Teaching Interns in PPS categories (Article 6/#6), who are not employees of the District but may be allocated stipends (Article 6/#6) drawn from non-profit organizational grants to the District (e.g. Ed Fund), administered by the relevant departments of the District. [See Fiscal Impact]

History

  1. Adopted on the General Consent Report

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